classical music

i think that classical music is vastly underrated nowadays. For me, classical can be the most powerful, poignant, expressive genre of music. From pieces like un sospiro to tocatta and fugue to requiem to o fortuna from the carmina burana.

most people know beethoven symphony #5, moonlight sonata, rondo alla turca and maybe the nutcracker and dance of the sugar plum fairies. they may know a couple more but some of the moving pieces go unknown against the whole of people these days. i find people who listen to classical far and few between.

off topic thread, or what are you currently listening too thread.
Im not too knowledgeable in classical, but there are a few pieces I enjoy, especially the one my kids fall asleep too, i like that one alot lol.

when in doubt. blame moe. there definitely needs to be more classical on the radio. the only time people hear it now is flipping between their radio stations, which with all the new satellite radios like xm/sirius etc. each channel is programmed to one genre. which means people arent likely to manually choose it. they might hear something in the background of a movie if they are paying attention but its largely un noticed till some crap rapper samples a 5 second version of it in the next trash released.

I don't want to get the songs. I am lazy. I personally call anything that is wind ensemble, symphony orchestra, or the likes classical, because again, I am lazy.
Here are the songs I listen to often:
Symphony No. 3, Slavanskaya by Boris Kozhevnikov (how fitting?)
Niagara Falls by Michael Daugherty
Africa; Ceremony, Song and Ritual
Celebration Overature
Handel in the Strand
Asphalt Cocktail by John Mackey
Zion
Awayday
I could find more, but that would take away all the fun. This is less fun than crashing the classic music thread though....
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MissHumpz said:

BTW

Does this count as classical music?

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Yes it does because that is to the tune of "Carmina Burana," a German piece that was composed around old Germanic poems, and when the whole thing is performed, it is about an hour long

quantum have you heard nuvole bianche by ludavico einaudi. for me it is a powerful piece piano work that signals challenges attempted, failed and retried ultimately succeeding but keeping a humble outlook at the end.

quantum have you heard nuvole bianche by ludavico einaudi. for me it is a powerful piece piano work that signals challenges attempted, failed and retried ultimately succeeding but keeping a humble outlook at the end.